Many works of classical music have easy-to-pronounce names. There are Papillons (Schumann), Aida (Verdi) and other pieces that have mellifluous names that roll right off the tongue. Then we come to Faschingsschwank aus Wien (roughly translated, “Carnival Pieces from...

Let’s start by watching Sviatoslav Richter play the living daylights of this piece. Many works of classical music have easy-to-pronounce names. There are Papillons (Schumann), Aida (Verdi) and other pieces that have mellifluous names that roll right off the...